About The Event

Do you have the guts to compete with the best in a global business plan competition?

Nurture Talent Academy is Knowledge Partner of Intaglio - International Business Summit of IIM Calcutta. NTA and Intaglio are proud to present Launchpad - 2013, which is a mega business plan contest being organized by IIM Calcutta.

As a preliminary round of this mega business plan contest, Nurture Talent Academy will be conducting zonal city workshops for engineering, science, commerce, arts, math, MBA, PhD students across India in 50 leading colleges in India. During these workshops, experienced entrepreneurs, investors and industry experts from Nurture Talent will guide, train and mentor young students across colleges, covering subjects like business planning, finance, investments, marketing and technology in a lively and interactive format. Each workshop will end with a contest among the participants and the top 3 teams will get a chance to go to the next round of Launchpad.

Agenda

Day 1

10.00 - 11.00 - Idea Generation

11 - 11.30 - Team Formation and Networking

11.30- 11.45 - Refreshment Break

11.45 - 1.30 - Business Planning Exercises

1.30 - 2.00 - Lunch

2.00 - 2.30 - Sales for Entrepreneurs

2.30 - 3.00 - Marketing for Entrepreneurs

3.00 - 3.30 - Legal for Entrepreneurs

3.30 - 4.00 - Self - Assessment Quiz

4.00 - 4.15 - Refreshment Break

4.15 - 4.30 - Competition Analysis

4.30 - 5.00 - Mock Presentations/Practise Session

Day 2

10.00 - 10.30 - Revenue Models

10.30 - 11.30 - Finance for Entrepreneurs

11.30- 11.45 - Refreshment Break

11.45 - 12.30 - Sources of Funding

12.30 - 1.00 - Intellectual Property Rights

1.00 - 1.30 - Taxation Basics for Startups

1.30 - 2.00 - Lunch

2.00 - 2.30 - Practise Session

2.30 - 4.30 - Final Presentations

4.30 - 4.45 - Announcement of Winners

4.45 - 5.00 - Certificate Distribution

Important Points

Certificate of Participation will be given to workshop participants jointly by Nurture Talent Academy and Intaglio 2013 – International Business Summit of IIM Calcutta.

Students will get startup-kit with study material, handouts, CD with video webinars, PPTs, Excel exercises, PDFs etc. for FREE during the workshop.

Workshop is open to host college as well as students of outside colleges.

* Management reserves the right to cancel or modify program agenda, time, date etc. in case of circumstances beyond their control.

Benefits

Part of an International and Global challenge with prizes worth over lakhs.

Creating Business ideas with the help of live mentors, trainers and entrepreneurs.

Intaglio, IIM Calcutta's Annual International B-School meet, is the biggest B-school summit in Asia. Intaglio also provides a platform for the interaction of business leaders from the corporate, pioneers from academia and aspiring student leaders and thus becoming the melting pot for the genesis of path-breaking ideas.

Nurture Talent Academy

Nurture Talent Academy, India's 1st training institute for entrepreneurs conducts training and mentoring programs for budding entrepreneurs, who are highly motivated to start their own ventures. Nurture Talent Academy has conducted 225+ programs across 80+ cities since inception in 2010 which have been attended by more than 13500+ students, professionals and startups. The vision is to create 1000 entrepreneurs that will generate 20,000 jobs. Amit Grover, Founder and CEO, is an individual with passion about entrepreneurship. He is an IIT Delhi and IIM Indore graduate.